Man charged with murder of ex-girlfriend in Fukuoka

Yet another murder after multiple reports to the police about repeated stalking, harassment, victimization. The current structure is obviously not providing adequate protection.

Any excellent ideas that not only protect those who feel threatened but also protect the liberty of the accused? (

I don’t have any data, but I would assume that most police warnings are heeded and lead to de-escalation. Perhaps we could take action against those accused of multiple evidence-supported violations? But would that have saved this woman or the recently murdered Bishop family in Hanno? Probably not.

Frustrated.

Police fail

Kawano had consulted with police multiple times since last October, claiming she was accosted and followed by Terauchi after breaking up with him.

This is the core of the problem. Police need to talk a STRONGER approach towards stalking reports. Be it male stalking or female stalking of ANY KIND. Because men get stalked too. I speak from experience. My case was kinda like this :

https://youtu.be/ehbNJoxhkG8

.....except for.....you know....the outcome.

Kawano had consulted with police multiple times since last October, claiming she was accosted and followed by Terauchi after breaking up with him.

The police issued a warning against him the same month and banned him from approaching her based on the stalker regulation law the following month

just google this scum’s name and you’ll see a couple of pictures of him.

they say never judge a book by its cover, but the joker looked like a nut. Not in a good way at all.

the police definitely should’ve done more than just give a cute little warning, in fact I wouldn’t doubt if they somehow tried to blame the woman for the stalking.

either way, there’s no way to bring the woman back, but we still have to deal with that degenerate living in our society?

some people just want to see the world burn

The anti-stalking laws aren’t working. It’s time to step them up a notch and put these creeps in prison until they cool off. In the twenty odd years I lived in Japan every young girl I met through teaching English (20-40 y/o) had stories of stalking and violence from ex-boyfriends. Every one of them! Any harassment and/or threats should be met with at least six months in jail. Perhaps that will be enough to make these creeps grow up and get over it. If they reoffend it should be a year and keep doubling for every further offense. Giving them a police warning does nothing!

Any excellent ideas that not only protect those who feel threatened but also protect the liberty of the accused?

The right to bear arms?

The right to bear arms?

But that “right” would swing both ways, wouldn’t it? Perhaps giving likely criminals more powerful weapons is not an excellent idea.

Any harassment and/or threats should be met with at least six months in jail. If they reoffend it should be a year and keep doubling for every further offense.

I think you just put half the nation in prison, Lindsay!

But that “right” would swing both ways, wouldn’t it? Perhaps giving likely criminals more powerful weapons is not an excellent idea.

I agree with you. I don't actually agree that that is a right. I was being sarcastic, and I apologise. But your question is a good one. You can't throw someone in jail just for saying something threatening (unless it's written down, or online and directly attributable to that person), or for being in the same place as another person. That could be just a coincidence. You have to prove that there is actual, harmful intent behind those actions. And that is hard to do until there is an actual, physically harmful act.

I am not entirely clear on the details, but I believe the Anti-Stalking Control Act of 2000 allows for harsher penalties for stalking than warnings or prohibition orders (and in reality a piece of paper is no protection at all) - such as fines or imprisonment - but I imagine any prosecutor would hesitate to bring such a case to court without clear, damming evidence, like being caught at the victim's house, or, like I said, written threats.

...so, in answer to your question, local, dedicated 'stalker protection squads' which increase surveillance and monitoring of stalking victims and suspects is the only thing I can think of. And non-lethal self-protection methods such as pepper spray, free self-defense classes and personal alarms connected to police HQs.

Sad story...

fatrainfallingintheforestToday  12:35 pm JST

...so, in answer to your question, local, dedicated 'stalker protection squads' which increase surveillance and monitoring of stalking victims and suspects is the only thing I can think of.

Although this sounds liek a good idea it would be the perfect job for a......... perverted stalker!

Beechiemg,

Although this sounds liek a good idea it would be the perfect job for a......... perverted stalker!

Good point. I should have specified that they were squads made up of police officers.

Although that's also no guarantee, sadly.

Japan needs to start using ankle tags like other countries for stuff like this . It’s happened enough times and police defending themselves saying “we told him to stop sternly” which means nothing that further measures should be taken.

Japanese police taking reports of being stalked more seriously would be a good first step.

Yes it would. Okay, so you tell the cops that someone has been stalking you. What should they do then?

If I remember the details of this case correctly, they had been patrolling her neighborhood. But they can't be there 24/7. And she did have an emergency alarm.

More details here:

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/2190/

How about adopting some of the effective strategies they use in other nations, such as retraining orders and GPS tracking bracelets or tags?

Sure. Great ideas. Once the allegations have been proven, of course.